Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Eureka CD release

Last Friday we had a Long Gone CD release at The Eureka Opera House in, oddly enough, Eureka Nevada. The weather was as perfect as a January day can be in the heart of Nevada. That is to say it was about fifteen degree's warmer than Salt Lake was when we left in the mid afternoon soup (what other folks call air.) The turn out for the show was good considering we had to compete with a the Vandals (Eureka County High School) home basketball game. All in all there were about fifty folks. Performing in the round, Myself, Gigi Love, Paul Ramussen and Doug Wintch shared the stage told stories and sang a mixture of original material and songs of Utah, both the man and the state.Some of the songs we sang were "The Goodnight Loving Trail", "Ragged Old Man", "Starlight on the Rails" and "I Think of You." Wally Cuchine is the perfect producer and host. He put us up in the motel across the street from the opera house and paid us before the performance! Only in Eureka. I'm so grateful that we got to do a show in the opera house before Wally retires in February. Folks in Eureka are friendly the crowd at the show was great and the Owl has plenty of PBR's, what else can you ask for.

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Hi Duncan,

I am so sad to hear of your Dad's passing. I met him back in the 80'sback at Stockton State College in NJ where he performed at a Folk Festival I helped to put together. I then saw him performed in New Mexico years later, and he actually remembered me! He said I am a story teller, of course I remember you, and said where he met me before I had the chance. His voice was a amazing, his songs, so powerful. I am filled with alot thoughts of him!

Short Blog History

I started this blog while my father was in the the Pacific Medical Center hospital during the month of February 2008.

After he made the difficult decision to not go through with the ordeal of a heart transplant he spent the next month in the hospital getting well enough to go back to his home in Nevada City, CA. I have updated this blog on and off for the last couple of years and I have decide to use it as we travel around sharing our tribute CD with folks. Stay tuned.

Atricle about Genny

Genny Nelson retires

Bums on the Plush at the kate Wolf Festival

New Links

This is a poem from George Milburn's book, The Hobo's Hornbook. You can also find it in a lot of old I. W. W. pamphlets and literature. It sums up a great deal of what I feel. It talks about the bum on the rod and the burn on the plush, which is just a simple way of saying that the kind of system we live in now demands that there be a poor people, demands that there be people out of work so that there will always be people willing to work for any wage. Sure, a lot of railroad burns are parasites, but, like the poem says, they're just fleas who get an occasional bite, and you look at what those parasites at the top are chewing off. I know that there's a lot of talk these days about the welfare Cadillac; middle class people talking about those welfare gobblers down on the bottom who are afraid to do an honest day's work, and they're all driving big Cadillacs. And you hear over and over again, "Nobody ought to get something for nothing. " I've got to agree. You've got to work to eat. I look at a factory. I see that everybody associated with that factory puts something in and they take something out. The workers put in their sweat and their skill, and they take out wages. The salesmen put in their skill and ability, and they take out commissions. The managers and foremen and people in the offices put in theirs, and take out salaries. But there's one group of people who take out more than they put in, and that more is called profit. I can't think of any other way to define it. That's a bunch of people who are getting something they didn't work for, and it's a whole lot. If we're really concerned about people getting just what they earn, if we're really concerned about people not getting something that they didn't put in time and sweat for, let's start with the major offenders, and get rid of them. Then we'll gradually work our way down to the petty chiselers. It just makes sense.

The bum on the rod is hunted down As the enemy of mankind; The other is driven around to his club And feted, wined and dined.

And they who curse the bum on the rods As the essence of all that is bad Will greet the other with a winning smile And extend him the hand so glad.

The bum on the rods is a social flea Who gets an occasional bite; The bum on the plush is a social leech, Blood-sucking day and night.

The bum on the rods is a load so light That his weight we scarcely feel, But it takes the labor of dozens of men To furnish the other a meal.

As long as you sanction the bum on the plush, The other will always be there, But rid yourself of the bum on the plush And the other will disappear.

Then make an intelligent, organized kick, Get rid of the weights that crush; Don't worry about the bum on the rods, Get rid of the bum on the plush!

Up on the Ridge

U Utah U Tube

Freight and Salvage

Freight and Salvage Benefit

Utah Phillips 1984

Utah's Address

To the folks planning benefits, Utah would like you to contact him. He would like to send a recorded message for the audience and some CDs to sell at the show.

Folks can also us this address to send donations, cards and the like.

UTAH PHILLIPSBOX 1235NEVADA CITY, CA 95959

New E - Mail Address

I have set up an e-mail account for people that want to submit pictures and the like for use on this blog and for the family archive.duncan@thelongmemory.com - send things as an a attachment and I will do the rest.Thanks

Chicago Benefit

Chicago, June 14, The show is still in the planning stages so anyone who is interested in helping out please give Mike a call.

Mike Felten773-509-1812

Internet Archive

I have started to develop an internet archive on my web page. It will be a collection of pictures, concert flyers and posters, concert audio and video, in short everything that I have collected during the last few years of traveling with dad. My hope is that it may one day become a central place for the world wide community to have access to an ever growing archive of Utah Phillips. I would like to encourage folks to add to the archive as well. You can either send things via e-mail ( friendsofutah@yahoo.com) or to my home address. I look forward to hearing from you.Thank YouDuncan Phillips1392 e. 5935 s.SLC, UT. 84121

About Me

I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.It's odd, Utah lives in Ca. and I live in Utah, maybe I should change my name to California.
Vital stats
Wife of 25 short years Bobette.
One Son - Brendan Scott Phillips. He was named after my two half brothers.I also have two amazing half sisters Morrigan Phillips and Kay Powell, all these halves do add up to a whole.
Favorite color,
navyblueredishgreenvelvet
Occupation - undecided Bobette always asks me, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" Any suggestions?
seriously though I was born in Utah but we have always moved around a lot, I think at last count I have lived in at least 15 different houses or apartments from California to Texas, it must be genetic.
Currently I work for a landscape company it works out well because it allows me the time off in the winter to travel with my dad and catch up on our lives.Road Manager he calls me, I don't think anybody can manage my dad. We're more like two old friends on the lamb.